11 May

5/2/2011

Bike Pickup of Food Scraps Now Available

Residents can now sign up for bike pickup service of kitchen food scraps through two local companies that will compost for you! Metro Pedal Power, based in Somerville offers their SoilCycle service and Bootstrap Compost, based in Jamaica Plain. Subscribers pay a small fee, get a 5-gallon bucket, regular pickup service and finished compost. Contact either company for more information.

Sign up for a Recycling Tour

Cambridge residents and City employees are invited to tour the Casella recycling facility in Charlestown. No children under 14. The tour lasts about 2 hours. We meet at DPW and carpool there. Let us know if can drive and how many people you can take. Email recycle@cambridgema.gov to sign up for Thurs May 19 (6 open spots) or Tues June 14 (12 open spots). Or watch a 6 minute video of the recycling facility at www.zero-sort.com.

One recycling tour per month is generally organized in April, May, June, September, October and November.

5/25: Rodent Control Presentation and Discussion

5:30 pm- 8:30 pm Cambridge Public Library. As part of the City’s efforts to provide education and continue to develop a strong rodent control program, the City Manager invites you to attend a program with Dr. Robert Corrigan, an authority on rodent control and founder of the NYC Rodent Control Academy. <MORE>

6/6: Volunteer Info Session

We can always use your help. If you want to volunteer at a community event, in your neighborhood, our office, or the Recycling Center email us at recycle@cambridgema.gov or come to an info session on Monday June 6 at 6:30 at DPW, 147 Hampshire St.

Cambridge Public Works congratulates these three schools for their impressive efforts and performance during this 14-week contest. Together, the Cambridge Schools recycled over 117,477 pounds, saving 899 trees, nearly 59 tons of CO2 emissions, 7.8 truckloads of trash, 411,000 gallons of water and 117 barrels of oil. School recycling efforts helped contribute to the 11% citywide increase in tons recycled since single stream recycling started in November!